Legal Opinion
Burke County School District v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 17, 1996No. A95A2682PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
The Burke County School District appeals from a judgment, following the verdict in a bench trial, for $1,572,985.03 in favor of Ricky and Diane Roberts, individually and as parents and natural guardians of their deceased son, Rodriguez Roberts. After the trial court reduced the verdict to the amount of insurance coverage available, judgment was entered in favor of the Roberts for $1,000,000.
At the time of his death in 1986, Rodriguez Roberts was a five-year-old kindergarten student in the Burke County schools, and he rode one of the school district’s buses to and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southeastern Fidelity Insurance v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. GreeneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- City of Lawrenceville v. MacKoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Chester v. Georgia Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Thigpen v. McDUFFIE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lincoln County v. EdmondCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Board of Education v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Pacific Employers Insurance v. Michigan Mutual InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1996
- Roberts v. Burke County School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Lay Bros., Inc. v. TahamtanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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